Dartford Primary Academy

Dartford Primary Academy

English Curriculum (Year 1 – 6)

This long term planning ensures:

● Full coverage of the key skills in the Primary National Curriculum.

● Across their school career, children at Dartford Primary Academy are progressively taught the key features of different genres.

● A topic based approach allows for a variety of reading, writing and the spoken language outcomes.

● Through a text stimulus, there is an enhanced opportunity to focus on the ‘pleasure of reading’ element of the curriculum and children have the opportunity

to develop their fluency, accuracy, independence and understanding of a range of texts.

● Children are given the opportunity to communicate effectively and creatively through spoken and written language.

● Pupils are motivated and inspired to write independently so that they see themselves as writers.

● Discussion, drama, role-play, hot seating and talk for writing are an effective part of the writing process.

● Children are encouraged to develop a bank of vocabulary from what they read and through speaking and listening opportunities.

● Grammar, punctuation and spelling can be taught discretely or through cross curricular opportunities to allow children to develop their skills and use these in

purposeful contexts.

● SMSC is at the heart of all English learning.

Dartford Primary Academy

Year 1 English Curriculum Overview

Term 1

Superheroes

Term 2

What’s behind the

door?

Term 3

Ship Ahoy!

Term 4

Amazing Animals

Term 5

Dragon’s, Knights

and Castles

Term 6

Jurassic Park

Fiction Stories with a

familiar setting

Stories about

fantasy worlds

Stories set in

fantasy worlds.

Stories with

predictable and

patterned language

Traditional and fairy

tales

Stories with a

familiar setting

Stories by the same

author

Non Fiction Labels, lists and

captions

Labels, lists and

captions

Recount (trip)

Instructions

Information texts

Report

Report

Information texts

Instructions

Dictionary

Information texts

Poetry Vocabulary building

Vocabulary building Structure - rhyming

couplets

Poetry appreciation Take one poet

Key Texts

Traction Man

Oliver’s Fruit Salad

Elliot Midnight

Superhero

Beegu

The Gruffalo

We’re Going on a

Bear Hunt

Pirate’s Next Door

Pirates Love

Underpants

Tiddler

Jack and the

Beanstalk

Harry and Bucketful of

Dinosaurs

Punctuation and

Grammar

Year 1 Vocabulary, Punctuation and Grammar Coverage (Appendix 2 of the National Curriculum)

Phonics and

Spelling

Year 1 Phonics and Spelling Coverage (Appendix 1 of the National Curriculum)

Letters and Sounds

Starting points and other texts that could be used throughout the year

Comics

Superhero films and TV programmes

Andy Warhol art work

Superkid by Claire Freedman

Supertato by Sue Hendra

The snail and the whale

The puffin of fantastic first poems

The princess and the pea

The princess and the white bear king

Dartford Primary Academy

Year 2 English Curriculum Overview Term 1

A Galaxy Far Far

Away

Term 2

Rumble in the Jungle

Term 3

Time Detectives

Term 4

Are You Afraid of

the Dark

Term 5

Stories From Around

the World

Term 6

At the Circus

Fiction Fantasy Stories Stories with familiar

settings

Traditional Stories Myths Legends &

Fables

Non Fiction Information texts

Explanations

non chronological

reports

Recounts

Information Texts

Information Texts

Instructions

Reports

Poetry Vocabulary building Reciting Poetry

Writing and

performing own

poems.

Take one poet Poetry appreciation Structure - calligrams

Key Texts

Toys in Space

Variety of nonfiction

texts.

Rumble in the Jungle Variety of Nonfiction

texts

The Owl Who was

Afraid of the Dark

The Tortoise and the

Hare

The Dragon Slayer

Punctuation and

Grammar

Year 2 Vocabulary, Punctuation and Grammar Coverage(Appendix 2 of the National Curriculum)

Phonics and

Spelling

Year 2 Phonics and Spelling Coverage (Appendix 1 of the National Curriculum)

No Nonsense Spelling

Starting points and other texts that could be used throughout the year

Man on the Moon

Long way back

Loon on the Moon

The Fabulous Flapdoodles

The bear and the scary night

Moon Man – A day in the life of Bob

Emily Brown and the thing

Can’t you sleep little bear

The owl who was afraid of the dark

The Three Little Pigs

The Lion and the Mouse

Leon and the Place Beyond

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Circus

National Geographic Book of Animal Poetry

Dartford Primary Academy

Year 3 English Curriculum Overview Term 1

Stone Age

Term 2

Lights, Camera,

Action

Term 3

Rainforests

Term 4

Endangered!

Term 5

Time Travellers

Term 6

They made a

difference

Fiction Stories with

Historical Settings

Dialogue and plays

Stories from other

cultures

Authors and Letters

Stories set in

imaginary worlds

Stories by the same

author

Non Fiction Information Texts Recounts Explanation Persuasive Instructions Reports

Poetry Poetry Appreciation-

Performance poetry

Structure –

Shape poetry

Structure –

Haikus, tanka &

Kennings

Structure –

Limericks

Take one poet

Key Texts

Stone age boy by

Satoshi Kitamura

Pebble in my Pocket

by Meredith Hooper

Revolting Rhymes -

Roald Dahl Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – Roald Dahl

Vanishing Rainforest

by Richard Platt

The Great Kapok

Tree: A Tale of the

Amazon Rain Forest

Dear Greenpeace

Simon James

Window By Jeannie

Baker

Fiction:

The Green Ship –

Quentin Blake

Punctuation and

Grammar

Year 3 Vocabulary, Punctuation and Grammar Coverage(Appendix 2 of the National Curriculum)

Phonics and

Spelling

Year 3 Phonics and Spelling Coverage (Appendix 1 of the National Curriculum)

No Nonsense Spelling

Starting points and other texts that could be used throughout the year

Stone age art

Horton Kirby Rocks Day

Dartford Museum

Stone Mouse by

Jenny Nimmo

Stig of the Dump Clive King

Stone soup – Pie Corbett

Horrible Histories Stone Age Song Horrible Geography – Bloomin Rainforests.

Spud Goes Green Giles Thaxton

Small Steps - Glenn Murphy

Ug Boy Genius of the Stone Age by Raymond

Briggs

One Hen - Katie Smith Milway

How the World Works- Christiane Dorion

Tree Trouble - Kathryn Lamb

The Sun is Laughing – Edited by Sue Ellis

Hot Like Fire by Valerie Bloom

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Year 4 English Curriculum Overview

Term 1 – Animals Term 2

Inventions

Term 5

Where shall we live?

Term 4

Water world

Term 3

Heroes

Term 6

Where is our food

from?

Fiction Stories which raise

issues and dilemmas

Stories with a theme

Traditional tales

Myths and legends Adventure and

mystery

Plays

Non Fiction Explanation Persuasive Discussion Recounts Instructions

Poetry Structure- Riddles Take one poet -

Exploring form

Vocabulary Building-

Creating images

Take one poet- Narrative poetry

Key Texts

Varjak Paw - SF Said

Mouse Bird Snake

Wolf by David

Almond

Charlotte’s web by

EB White

The Three Little Pigs

and other alternate

stories, including the

true story of the

Three Little Pigs.

The Ice Palace by

Robert Swindell.

Into the Forest –

Anthony Brown

Kensuke’s Kingdom-

Michael Morpurgo

Charlie and the

Chocolate Factory: The

Play

Punctuation and

Grammar

Year 4 Vocabulary, Punctuation and Grammar Coverage (Appendix 2 of the National Curriculum)

Phonics and

Spelling

Year 4 Phonics and Spelling Coverage (Appendix 1 of the National Curriculum)

No Nonsense Spelling

Starting points and other texts that could be used throughout the year

We animals would like a word with you John

Agard The Carnival of the Animals Poems

inspired by Saint Saens’ Music

The Mousehole Cat – Fire, Bed and Bone by Henrietta Branford

Atlantis

Sponge Bob Square Pants

Revolting rhymes By Roald Dahl

Cloudy with a chance of meatballs.

Over the Moon and Over the Sea edited by

Grace Nichols and John Agard

Selected Poems for Children by Charles Causley

Little Mermaid

Treasure Island

Cracking Coast

Raging River

Odios Oceans

The Green Ship – Quentin Blake

The Last Polar Bears - Harry Horse

Ice Trap! Shackleton’s Incredible Expedition by Meredith

Hooper

Hoodwinked

Just so Stories – Rudyard Kipling

Dartford Primary Academy

Year 5 English Curriculum Overview Term 1 – Danger!

Danger!

Term 2 – Kings and

Queens

Term 3 Fit for Life Term 4

Making the News

Term 5

Earth and Space

Term 6

The Ancient World

Fiction Novels and stories by significant authors

Older literature Traditional stories,

fables, myths and

legends

Dramatic conventions Film Narrative

Stories from other

cultures

Non

Fiction

Argument Persuasive writing

Journalistic writing Recounts

Poetry Vocabulary Building -

Poetic Style

Structure - Raps Structure - cinquains Take one poet-

Classic/narrative

poems

Key Texts

Floodland By Marcus

Sedgwick

Storm Runners –

Barbara Mitchellhill

Just So Stories

Rudyard Kipling

Stormbreaker –

Anthony Horowitz

Macbeth by W.

Shakespeare

Percy Jackson – Rick

Riodan

Clockwork by Philip

Pullman

The Adventures of

Odysseus – Hugh

Lupton and Daniel

Morgan

The London Eye

Mystery Siobhan

Dowd

A Wrinkle in Time -

Madeleine L'Engle

Hitchhiker;s Guide to

the Galaxy - Douglas

Adams

Out of the Silent

Planet by CS Lewis

Seasons of Splendour

– Madhur Jaffrey

East o’ the Sun and

West o’ the Moon –

Naomi Lewis

Punctuation and

Grammar

Year 5 Vocabulary, Punctuation and Grammar Coverage (Appendix 2 of the National Curriculum)

Phonics and

Spelling

Year 5 Phonics and Spelling Coverage (Appendix 1 of the National Curriculum)

No Nonsense Spelling

Starting points and other texts that could be used throughout the year Horrible Histories books

Kings and Queens by Tony Robinson

Kings and Queens by Eleanor Farjeon

Selected Poems for Children –Charles Causley

Young Shakespeare Company

Horrible Histories

Doctor Who

My Friend Walter By M. Morpurgo

The Princess’ Blanket – Carol Ann Duffy

Apollo 13

Sensational Chosen by Roger McGough

Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver

Michael Morpurgo – Kensuke’s Kingdom.

Treason By Berlie Doherty

Arthur, High King of Britain By Michael Morpurgo

Frog Princess by ED Baker

The Lady of Shalott by Alfred Lord Tennyson

Under the Moon and Over the Sea – Grace Nichol

George's Secret Key to the Universe -Lucy and Stephen Hawking

One Thousand and One Arabian Nights – Geraldine McCaughrean

The Iron Man by Ted Hughes

The Spud from Outer Space By Susan Gates

Planetarium

Skellig – David Almond

Way Home – Libby Hathorn

Fire, Bed and Bone – Henrietta Branford

Cosmic – Frank Cottrell Boyce

The Savage -David Almond

Locomotion – Jacqueline Woodson

The Midnight Fox – Betsy Byors

Dartford Primary Academy

Doctor Who and the Daleks – David Whittaker

Year 6 English Curriculum Overview Term 1 – Extreme

World

Term 2

Memories

Term 3

World Cultures

Term 4

Inspirational People

Term 5

Football and Fashion

Term 6

Journeys

Fiction Suspense and

mystery

Fiction from our

literary heritage

Stories with flash

backs

Autobiography/Biogr

aphy

Authors and texts Stories with historical

setting

Non Fiction persuasion Instructions

Poetry Vocabulary building-

Finding a voice

Take a poet - Power

of imagery

Structure - raps Poetry Appreciation -

Monologues (Choral

and performance)

Key Text Around the World in

Eighty Days – Jules

Verne

Ice Trap!

Shackleton’s

Incredible Expedition

By Meredith Hooper

War Horse – Michael Morpurgo

A Christmas Carol -

Charles Dickens

Holes - Louis Sachar

The Midnight Fox –

Betsy Byars

The Butterfly Lion –

Michael Morpurgo

Street Child By

Berlie Doherty

The Transfer By

Terence Blacker

Journey to the River

Sea by Eva Ibbotson

Rose Blanche – Robert

Innocenti

Punctuation and

Grammar

Year 6 Vocabulary, Punctuation and Grammar Coverage (Appendix 2 of the National Curriculum)

Phonics and

Spelling

Year 6 Phonics and Spelling Coverage (Appendix 1 of the National Curriculum)

No Nonsense Spelling

Starting points and other texts that could be used throughout the year

Sheep Don’t Go to School Edited by Andrew Fusek Peters The Wee Free Men- Terry Practchett

The Silver Donkey – Sonya Hartnett

Locomotion –Jacqueline Woodson

Goodnight Mr Tom – Michelle Magorian

One thousand and One Arabian Nights – Geraldine McCaughrean

Alice in wonderland

Robinson Crusoe

Selected Poems for Children- Charles Causley

Cosmic Disco by Grace Nichols

Fire, Bed and Bone – Henrietta Branford

Stormbreaker – Anthony Horowitz

The Savage –

East o’ the Sun and West o’ the Moon – Naomi Lewis

Underthe Moon and Over the Sea – Grace Nichols

Love that Dog – Sharon Creech

Charlie Higson - ‘Silver Fin’

There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom – L. Sachar

Skellig – David Almond

Way Home – Libby Hathorn

Sensational Chosen by Roger McGough

The piano by Aidan Gibbins (short film_

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Film)

Robert Swindells - 'The Nightmare Stairs'

Michael Morpurgo - 'Farm Boy'

Dartford Primary Academy

Inkheart - Cornelia Funke

The Book of Dead Days By Marcus Sedgwick Sharon Creech - 'Walk Two Moons'

Sonja Cheal - Marmalade